The division of the subject and the organization: A Lacanian approach to subjectivity at work

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 359-369

  Arnaud, Gilles ^a   Vanheule, Stijn ^b  

^a TOULOUSE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Organizational change; Psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249745121     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810710740182     Document Type: Article

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